The Life of Achilles and His Participation in the Trojan War
Achilles was a central character in Homer's The Iliad, and he was one of the greatest of the Greek warriors who participated in the...
Ancient Greece, part 7 – Greek Drama
The Origins of Greek Drama
If there is one thing that we know to definitely have been invented for the first time in the city...
Ancient Greek Love Magic – Spells for Separation: Curses, Sacred Words and a Magical...
In the ancient Greek world not all was fair in war, but it certainly was in love. Ancient Greek spell books and collections abound...
Ancient Greece, part 2 – Herodotus and the Persian Wars
At the beginning of the fifth century BC, the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the most powerful state in the Ancient Near East.
The term ‘Achaemenid’...
The History of Gays in the Military – The Sacred Band of Thebes
Ancient Greek military history is inextricably bound up with homosexuality. In some ancient Greek city states, such as Sparta, each young warrior had to...
Was the philosopher Socrates of Athens a hero?
Asking whether or not Socrates was a hero takes him out of his culture and transplants him to the early 21st century. As a...
The Succession Crisis at Alexander the Great’s Death
From 336-323 BC Alexander the Great, king of Macedon, embarked on one of history's greatest spans of thirteen years, conquering in that time the...
Oracle at Delphi in the Ancient World: The Most Famous Shrine of Divination in...
Although the Delphic Oracle is best known for dispensing advice concerning imperial matters such as with Croesus, it became a repository of...
The Last Stand of the Spartans
The most famous of all holding actions in military history where 300 Spartans made an Alamo of a mountain pass in Greece.
The Battle of...
Three Periods of Ancient Greek Art: The Archaic, the Classical, and the Hellenistic
The ideals of Greek art are considered by historians to be the foundation of Western civilization and to have touched literally all aspects of...